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Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Who Can You Trust?

by Melinda Pillsbury-Foster

Trusting
anyone means knowing they will tell you the truth.

How
many lies does it take to kill the credibility of the liar, and kill
trust? One time, twice? How about three times? What about if it is a
huge lie, one that costs you? What if your life, and the lives of
those you love are endangered by those lies?

Read
this carefully. These are direct quotes, most of them written by
Exxon's own scientists. Lives depend on what happens in the next
years. All of us are at risk. Instead of trusting anyone, get the
facts.

1968
- Stanford Research Institute communicates to Exxon and the American
Petroleum Institute, “If CO2 levels continue to rise as present
rates, it is likely that noticeable increases in temperature could
occur.”

1977 –
1978 – Exxon's
Products Research Division informs their employer, “Man
has a window of five to ten years before the need for hard decisions
regarding energy strategies might become critical.”

1980
– Imperial Oil, Exxon's Canadian subsidiary, publishes a “Review
of Environmental Protection Activities for 1978-1979,” which
states, “There is no doubt
that increases in fossil fuel usage.... are aggravating the potential
problem of CO2 in the atmosphere.” Exxon
and industry leaders are meeting regularly to discuss the problem.

1982
– Exxon's Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences Laboratory: “The
consensus is that a doubling of the atmospheric CO2 from its
pre-industrial value could result in an average global temperature
rise of (...5.4±1.7°F.) There is a unanimous
agreement in the scientific community that a temperature increase of
this magnitude would bring about significant changes in the earth's
climate.”

1983
- ExxonMobil slashes climate research. This is the five year limit
set by Imperial Oil in its 1978 – 1979 Review.

1988
– We pass the ten year mark. Climate Change Denial is well
launched.

Climate
Change Denial begins, continuing until 2016.

From:
Nasa's Goddard Institute for Space Studies

April
19, 2016 – Exxon claims their statements are protected under
the First Amendment.

In the wake
of oil spills, explosions, and more ExxonMobil left behind them a
stark record of deceit along with a consistent refusal to pay for the
damage being done to people and their property.

What does
this tell us about Exxon, the largest oil company in the world?

They lie to
us routinely even when they know our lives and property are at risk.

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Arthur C. Pillsbury early understood the problems facing his generation. His solution applied edge technologies, film and an expanded understanding of the living processes of the natural world, to awaken people to the need to respect the integrity of the natural world.

His work changed the world, but remains to be finished by those of us now living.